Gate.



PATEN'TED JULY 3 1906 J. REDWARDSQ GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17. 1906.

ml: NORRIS PITERS co-, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES JOSIAH P. EDWARDS, OF SHIRLEY, INDIANA.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed March 1'7, 1906. Serial No. 306,613.

To all whm'n it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOSIAH P. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Shirley, in the county of Hancock and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in swinging gates, the object ofthe invention being to provide a simple and inexpensive gate structurewhich will permit of the ready adjustment of the free end of the gate toprevent sagging or to adapt the gate to swing over sno -drifts and otherobstructions or to form a gap for thepassage of small stocksuch as hogs,sheep, etc-while preventing the p ssage of horses, cows, and other largestock, and also to enable the gate to be elevated and locked in anydesired elevated po sition and adjusted to such an elevation as to allowit to swing open in either direction.

A further object is to provide a gate which may be used on a hillsideand opened uphill and which when swung open will stand without propping.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate.Fig. 2 is a detail View showing the clutch or cam dog in lookingposition. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the clutch or cam dog inrelease position.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2, respectively, designatethe hinging and latch posts of the gate structure, and 3 ahorizontally-swinging gate, which may be of any construction that willsecure the functional characteristic hereinafter set forth, but, asshown in the present instance, comprises a series of parallellongitudinal slats or bars 4 and pairs of vertical pickets or slats 5,6, and 6, arranged, respectively, at the hing ing end, the center, andadjacent the free end of the gate. The pairs of vertical bars arearranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal slats and are connectedtherewith by transverse pivot-bolts 7, adapting the slatted body andpickets 6 at the free end thereof to swing in a vertical plane.

The hinge connections between the gate and post 1 comprise stationarypintles 8 on said post and eyebolts 9 on the gate, which bolts passbetween the slats or pickets 5 and are provided with clamping-nuts 10,flanged clips 11 being arranged upon the bolts to bridge the spacebetween and grip the pickets 5 to hold the bolts firmly in connectiontherewith. The free ends of the longitudinal slats 4 extend beyond thepickets 6 and are ada ted to engage a keeper 12 on the post 2. Thiskeeper is preferably formed with an entrancenotch which may face eitherupwardly 0r downwardly to receive the upper or lower edge of the freeend of either one of the longitudinal slats.

A stayrod 13 extends diagonally at one side of the gate and is pivotedat its upper end to the gate in any suitable manner, as by pivotallyconnecting it with a bracket-plate 14, connected with the upper hingemember, and the lower or free end of the rod is arranged to cooperatewith an eccentric clutch or locking-dog 15. This clutch or dog comprisesa plate pivoted upon one of the slats or one of the vertical pickets 6,as indicated at .16, and having at its free end an upwardly andforwardly projecting curved or hooked lug 17, having a guide-passage forthe rod and a beveled free end 18 to engage a sta tionary stop-pin 19 onthe picket.

The pivot member 16 is so disposed that when the dog is in lookingposition, as shown in Fig. 2, the weight of the gate, falling on the rod13, will be transmitted to the pin 16 and to the lug 17, thus lockingthe rod from movement to maintain the gate in adjusted position. WVhenthe dog is pitched forward to the position shown in Fig. 3, the rod isfree to slide through the passage 18 and the slats of the gate to swingvertically on the pivots 7. It will thus be understood that the rod 13connects the ends of the gate to hold the slats in fixed relation andprevent them from moving on their pivotal connection, and that when therod is free to slide through the clutch the gate may be swung upward ordownward to any desired degree or angle, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 1, and locked in such position by adjusting the dog to its lockingposition. When the dog is thrown forward, the gate may be released fromthe latch 12 and adjusted upwardly or downwardly the space of one ormore slats, or, if desired, it may be elevated until its free endextends above the post 2, so that the gate may be swung in eitherdirection. It will be understood that after the gate is lifted to apoint slightly above the elevation to which it is to be adjusted it willbe automatically locked in such position upon its downward movementthrough the pressure of the rod 13 on the dog, whereby the latter willbe swung to the position shown in Fig. 2.

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Of course the rod may be arranged at a different diagonal position, andit will be appar ent that the construction described permits of theready adjustment of the gate for the purposes set forth, and that thestructure is simple and adapts the gate to be manufactured at a very lowcost Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.In combination, a swinging gate having its portions pivoted to swingupward at anangle, an eccentric locking-dog pivotally mounted upon oneportion of the gate and having a passage, and a stay-rod pivoted at ione end to another portion of the gate and extending at its free endthrough said passage in the dog, said dog being adapted to swing to oneposition to permit the rod to have free sliding movement in said passageand the gate to be adjusted and to another position to cause the rod tobind against the wall of the passage and to thereby lock said rodagainst movement and hold the gate in adjusted position.

2'. In combination, a swinging gate having its portions pivoted to swingupwar at an angle, a rod pivoted at one end to one portion of the gate,and a dog pivoted. to another portion of the gate and i'rictionallyengaging the rod, said dog being adapted to swing in one direction topermit the rod to have free movement and the gate to be adjusted and toanother position to lock the rod against movement and hold the gate inadjusted position.

3. In combination, a horizontally-swingl ing gate having its portionspivoted to swing vertically at an angle, a diagonal stay-rod pivoted atone end to one end of the gate, an 1 eccentric dog mounted upon theopposite end of the gate and having an opening for the passage of theother end of the rod and a stop on the gate to limit the releasemovement of the dog.

4. In combination, a horizontally-swinging gate having its portionspivoted to swing vertically at an angle, a dog pivotally mounted uponone end of the gate and having an eccentric projection provided with'apassage, a diagonal stay-rod having its free end projecting through saidpassage and its other end pivoted to the other end of the gate, and astop on the gate to engage and limit the release movement of the dog.

5. A horizontally-swinging gate having its portions pivoted to swingvertically at an an gle, and provided with a diagonally-extend ing stay,said stay being pivoted to one end of the gate, and a dog upon the otherend of the gate with which the free end of the rod has slidingengagement, said dog being adapted to swing to one position to permitthe rod to have free movement and the gate to be adjusted and to anotherposition to lock the rod against movement and hold the gate in adjustedposition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSIAH P. EDl/VARDS. l/Vitnesses:

VIRGIL WALES, Lnwis E. STANLEY.

